Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Lakartidningen
ISSN 0023-7205 · eISSN 1652-7518 · Swedish Union of Physicians
Lakartidningen: subscription journal; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lakartidningen is published by Swedish Union of Physicians. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Quality and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Innovations in Medical Education, together about 19% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions6.5%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions6.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine6.1%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine6%
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions5%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions5%
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine4.5%
- Medicine, History, and PhilosophyMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q4 | 552/669 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,111 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 37 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Swedish Union of Physicians
- ISSN
- 0023-7205
- Electronic ISSN
- 1652-7518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lakartidningen
Which databases index Lakartidningen?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lakartidningen is indexed in Scopus.
Is Lakartidningen open access, and what is the APC?
Lakartidningen is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .